Smarty Ants at Home

Printable Activities for Young Readers

First Grade

Level 10: Multi-syllabic Words

(downhill, looking, cooler, relax)

Smarty Ants at Home Tips for Parents

Welcome to Smarty Ants at Home!

We understand how challenging it can be when your young child can’t go to school for extended periods of time. However, your child does not need to stop learning just because school isn’t in session! We’re here to make it easier to help your child stay engaged in learning even when stuck at home. To help you manage this time, we’re providing you with this packet of printable early reading resources to help your child continue to strengthen her reading skills for the next few weeks.

Getting Started

Select the packet that most closely matches your child’s current grade and skill level. Look through the packet to make sure it’s a good match for your child. Then, print off the pages

you’d like your child to work on! You can print the entire booklet at once or just print one lesson at a time. Do whatever works best for your family. Your booklet will contain some or all of the following activities, depending on the packet selected:

- Guided Practice Activities - Resource Cards - Story Printouts - Oral Reading Activity (second grade only) - Writing Prompt (second grade only) - Hands-on Science Activities (second grade, Science curriculum only)

Find a quiet time and a good workspace so your child can focus. Depending on the age and attention span of your child, she may be able to work independently or you may need to join

her and help provide guidance. Keep in mind that it’s more fun to work together! Use the Resource Cards to review the letters/concepts together and review any writing prompts she has responded to. Make sure to provide positive feedback throughout to keep your child engaged and encouraged.

Once your child has completed the materials in the packet, have her show you her work! Ask her a few questions to help her review. Then, have her read you the story from the lesson. You may also want to extend the fun with some hands-on activities! Active learning with

games, puzzles, and craft activities help children make deeper connections to learning and help them retain more of what they’ve learned. Use the Hands-On Activities booklet on the website to find lots of fun activities that can be easily done with common household or office items.

Have Fun!

To help your child progress in her reading skills, we recommend at least three lessons per week. Be sure to spread these activities out over a few days. We understand how challenging this temporary change in routine can be for you and your child. We hope that these materials help you to enjoy the time working and playing with your child!

Main Concept Compound Words Suffixes Prefixes Words that end with le

Additional Concepts Counting Syllables Vowel Suffix rules

Doubling final consonants Dropping final e

Details Level 10 is composed of 8 lessons in which students are introduced to these concepts: compound words; counting syllables in words up to three syllables; the suffixes ed, ing, es, s, er, est, ly, less, and ful; vowel suffix rules (dropping final e in CVCe/CCVCe words and doubling final consonants in one-syllable words ending in a consonant preceded by a short vowel); the prefixes un, mis, dis, and re; and multisyllabic words ending with le. The teaching videos and skill-building activities help students master the concepts and rules in Level 10. Smarty Ants bubbles reinforce the letter sounds in lesson words, as do Interactive “pump and pop” learning clouds. Students complete each lesson by building and reading a personalized story that incorporates the target words. With the help of Storybot, they produce a virtual book and musical DVD from the story.

LEVEL 10 PREVIEWING THE LEVEL 10

air back ball

ball bed book

camp class

Lesson 59 Resource File: Word Cards

fire foot grass

home hopper moon

pack plane

Lesson 59 Resource File: Word Cards

rail road room

sea shore store

time town

Lesson 59 Resource File: Word Cards

beg bump burn

feel grab hear

hop hunt

Lesson 60 Resource File: Word Cards and Suffix Cards

jump nod rock

run sob tap

Lesson 60 Resource File: Word Cards and Suffix Cards

ed er est

ing y

Lesson 60 Resource File: Word Cards and Suffix Cards

clean cold cool

dark fast hard

long loud

Lesson 62 Resource File: Word Cards

low old sharp

short small soft

tall warm

Lesson 62 Resource File: Word Cards

cleaner colder cooler

darker faster harder

longer louder

Lesson 62 Resource File: Word Cards

lower older sharper

shorter smaller softer

taller warmer

Lesson 62 Resource File: Word Cards

cleanest coldest coolest

darkest fastest hardest

longest loudest

Lesson 62 Resource File: Word Cards

lowest oldest sharpest

shortest smallest softest

tallest warmest

Lesson 62 Resource File: Word Cards

fine like name

note whine bat

gum hug

Lesson 64 Resource File: Word Cards

pet pin drop

flip grab step

trim

Lesson 64 Resource File: Word Cards

un dis mis

re

Lesson 65 Resource File: Prefix Cards